{"id":413,"date":"2024-12-20T01:07:38","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T01:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/?p=413"},"modified":"2025-01-13T13:38:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T13:38:14","slug":"the-theotokos-in-psalm-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/2024\/12\/20\/the-theotokos-in-psalm-5\/","title":{"rendered":"The Theotokos in Psalm 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Using <a href=\"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/2024\/12\/15\/reading-the-nativity-psalms\/\">Reading the Nativity Psalms<\/a> to understand Psalm 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellopos.net\/elpenor\/greek-texts\/septuagint\/chapter.asp?book=24&amp;page=5\">Psalm 5<\/a>:1 [For the end, a Psalm of David, concerning her that inherits.] 2 Hearken to my words, O Lord, attend to my cry. 3 Attend to the voice of my supplication, my King, and my God: for to thee, O Lord, will I pray. 4 In the morning thou shalt hear my voice: in the morning will I wait upon thee, and will look up. 5 For thou art not a God that desires iniquity; neither shall the worker of wickedness dwell with thee. 6 Neither shall the transgressors continue in thy sight: thou hatest, O Lord, all them that work iniquity. 7 Thou wilt destroy all that speak falsehood: the Lord abhors the bloody and deceitful man. 8 But I will enter into thine house in the multitude of thy mercy: I will worship in thy fear toward thy holy temple. 9 Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make my way plain before thy face. 10 For there is no truth in their mouth; their heart is vain; their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit. 11 Judge them, O God; let them fail of their counsels: cast them out according to the abundance of their ungodliness; for they have provoked thee, O Lord. 12 But let all that trust on thee be glad in thee: they shall exult for ever, and thou shalt dwell among them; and all that love thy name shall rejoice in thee. 13 For thou, Lord, shalt bless the righteous: thou hast compassed us as with a shield of favor.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Interpretive Grid<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Superscription\/Titles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sequence of Meaning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Encoded prophetic drama of the event described<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Person reading the text<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Totus Christum<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Superscription\/Titles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>For the end, a Psalm of David, concerning her that inherits.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>There are variants on the Superscription. The one above is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellopos.net\/elpenor\/greek-texts\/septuagint\/chapter.asp?book=24&amp;page=5\">from this site<\/a> and is found in the Holy Transfiguration LXX.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At first glance, the &#8220;her&#8221; jumps out of the text as Mary. Along with Christ, Mary inherits a throne. She is seated at the right hand of Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-8-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-8-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-8-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-8-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-8-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-8.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sequence of Meaning<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Judgment of the Wicked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Encoded prophetic drama of the event described<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I will enter into thine house in the multitude of thy mercy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Mary went into the Temple when she was three years old and remained there for about 9 years from Church liturgical practice and Holy Tradition. Textually found in the Protoevangelium of James,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Luke 2:34-35 And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against; (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Person reading the text<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Psalm of David. Spoken about his descendent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Totus Christum<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While we are crying, we are waiting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using Reading the Nativity Psalms to understand Psalm 5. Psalm 5:1 [For the end, a Psalm of David, concerning her that inherits.] 2 Hearken to my words, O Lord, attend to my cry. 3 Attend to the voice of my supplication, my King, and my God: for to thee, O Lord, will I pray. 4 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible","category-theotokos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":451,"href":"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413\/revisions\/451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}